Halcyon (adj)
hal-see-on
Calm, peaceful, tranquil
First recorded in 1350–1400; from Latin, from Greek halkyṓn, pseudo-etymological variant of alkyṓn “kingfisher”
Example sentences
“We spent yesterday in a thermal spring in a gorge, you could only describe the setting as a halcyon dream.”
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